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A New Front in the Abortion Debate?

I wrote in the most recent issue of the HPR that the Supreme Court would be unlikely to dramatically alter its abortion...

Shorten the Transition Period

Ah, the transition period. Yes, these might just be the longest eleven weeks in our nation's history, as our economy teeters on...

On Bipartisanship

Briefly: It's a load of bull. Less briefly: "Bipartisanship" is a feel-good election-y term that should not, and cannot, be the way President...

The Myth of the Youth Vote

On a politically active and overwhelmingly liberal college campus such as Harvard, Barack Obama’s victory looks like a triumph for the youth...

A Blind Meritocracy

Barack Obama’s election to the presidency should not come as a shock. His political operation was more disciplined, more organized, and more...

The Adolescent Years

After Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday Paul Krugman wrote that the election wasn’t “just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a...

Happy Democracy Day!

It's November 4, 2008. I'm currently sitting in a history seminar on the Yalta Conference of 1945, discussing how the Allied leaders...

Election Day!

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Get the Joke: Palin Satire and Popular Appeal

Lately, I’ve become more accustomed to seeing Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey as Governor Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin as herself. And apparently I’m...

It Matters What Caused It!

When I first heard Gov. Sarah Palin say, in the vice-presidential debate, that she would not "attribute every activity of man to the changes...